Boer War Queries

[izabel]

I am having great fun at the moment researching the Boer War and the Battle sites in Natal, South Africa. I can assist with regiments that served in the war and where they served and some of the medals that were issued. Soldiers that died in the war are much easier to trace than those that survived but if you have any queries I will try my best to assit. I know from experience that it is so difficult to get information if you are in another country and do not have access to records. Please dont expect miracles - butr i promise every effort will be given. Regrds Izabel

 

[izabel]

Some useful sites - many of them are not just applicable to the Boer War

Medals

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vcross.htm

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?source=ddmenu_research5

http://www.geocities.com/dco700/Britain3.htm#Early Campaign Medals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipients_by_Name_-_A

Australian
http://www.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer7.htm

Memorials

Graves and Memorials of Australians – Boer War
http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php

Lichtenberg South Africa
http://home.intekom.com/lichtenburg/abo-e.htm

International War graves
http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm

Imperial Light Horse Monument – Waggon Hill
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/ImperialLightHorseMonumentBoerWar.html

1st World War Memorial - Cheltenham
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/flight/cheltenham/stpaulswm.html

1st World War Memorial – Pershore
http://www.smilodon.plus.com/WarMems/pershoremen.html

Woodstock SA
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/2216/text/MON_II.TXT

http://nlwmemorial.tripod.com/nlwmemorial/pages/pagessections/othermemorialsindex.htm

Diaries

http://jwmilne.freeservers.com/

http://www.grimshaworigin.org/Webpages2/CecilGrimshaw.htm

http://abw.netfirms.com/whatwas.htm




Rolls Of Honour

Scots
http://www.fettes.com/scotsatwar/rollofhonour2.htm

Military Heros (predominately USA)
http://e.webring.com/hub?page=5&ring=hallofhonor&list

Officers
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/memindex3.htm

Britain at War
http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/

Lancashire
http://www.old-liverpool.co.uk/Boer1901.html

Gloustershire Regiment
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/Reg.html

Leisterhsire Regt
http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/boercas.htm

Scottish Horse
http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/mimage/scothorse.htm

SA Military site - Lists Boer War Casualties
http://www.justdone.co.za/ROH

Casaulties in South Africa 1877 – 1879
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/heatherasplin/SA1879cas.html

Units
British Army
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Military/Army_-_Unofficial_Sites/

http://web.archive.org/web/20021221164605/www.bowlerhat.com.au/sawvl/britforce.html

http://www.find-zone.net/Society_and_Culture/Military/Army_-_Unofficial_Sites/more2.html

http://www.warpath.orbat.com/index.htm

http://www.mick-gray.co.uk/military_sites.htm


2nd Middlesex
http://www.prole.demon.co.uk/middlesex/saw.htm

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
http://members.tripod.com/~Glosters/RGH.html

Berkshire
http://www.its-your-history.com/Surnames_B.299.0.html

Victorian Mounted Rifles
http://users.netconnect.com.au/~ianmac/mounted1.html

Manchester Regiment
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/leisure/new/lh39.htm

Royal Fusilliers
http://www.fusiliersmuseum-lancashire.org.uk/history_timeline.html#4

13th Hussars
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-south-african-war-38-01.htm

Greenhowards
http://www.greenhowards.org.uk/html-files/medals.htm

8th Hussars
http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/redoubt/8th_hussars.htm

Muster Rolls

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/kevinasplin/home.html

http://www.smartin67.freeserve.co.uk/main.htm

Angus, Scotland
http://www.monikie.org.uk/ah-musterroll.htm


Battles

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15699/15699-h/15699-h.htm

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/chronology.html

http://www.britishbattles.com/index.htm

http://www.pinetreeweb.com/conan-doyle-chapter-00.htm

http://whitlock.castlewebs.net/whitsend/tl4.htm

Mafeking
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/hensman-20-mafeking.htm

Colenso
http://www.rsi.co.za/boerwar/Colenso.htm


Photographs

http://khozi2.nu.ac.za/digilib/c42/c42.xml

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/guides/p1914.shtml#p1914-aa5

Books

http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/publications.html

http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-piper11.htm

Biography

http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/frames/browse2?inst_id=21&coll_id=483&expand=

 

[jontyball]

charles george featherston/e born 1877 throwley nr canterbury kent was 22 in 1899 the second part of the boer war, there is no record of him in england in 1901 and no marriage or death recorded up to 1914 and no record in the great war so it's possible he died in s. africa, any help finding him appreciated regards jontyball.

 

[admin]

Many thanks for your help Izabel, I am sure members appreciate your kind offer.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[izabel]

13632 Pte Featherstone C G, Imperial Yeomanry died 1900 South Africa

I will have to check where and of what but you should be able to access the military records at National Archives Uk for his military history. Also check for war memorials in the area he came from

 

[jontyball]

that was a spectacular result izabel,well done :2fun:

 

[izabel]

Heres a good site for research on Boer War and other casualties

http://www.surreygenealogist.com/

 

[libbygirlxxx]

hi there izabel i was hoping that you could help me out with my g,g,great grandfather all i have on him is his obituary but i am hoping that you would be able to find out the maiden name of his wife his name was william millward sorry dont know his birthdate but as far as i know he was from warrington and he joined the regular army in 1888 he wasthen sent to south africa in 1899,his wife names was annie and she was froma place called l'doise in nova scotia canada i know that he served in the kings liverpool regiment i really really hope that you can help thank you for your time xx
jo

 

[juliejtp]

You can search military records from 1656-1994 on findmypast (these are pay per view) or there is the national archives Kew who hold military records . Did manage to look on the 1901 census had put Warrington in the wrong box, still no idea about the childrens year of births.


http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Julie

 

[libbygirlxxx]

hey julie thanks again for your time will check out both of those sites,cheers.the 1901 census has been bugging me for so long and when i found this site today i thought thank god someone else could take a look and try and work it.
thanks xxx

 

[juliejtp]

That was a quick reply,

Tried the 1871 census and 1881 for William nothing for Warrington so maybe if you have any luck with military records then you will probaly get his dob and possibily his parents names and also a description of what he looked like I did with my gt grandsfathers.

So let the forum know how you got on.

Julie

 

[libbygirlxxx]

i do have his obituary that was put in the warringotn guardian,it does state that he had a brother and 2 sisters from staffordshire so maybe that is were he originated from but i have only access to the 1881 has i cannnot afford to subscirbe to anything just yet so at the moment i am going through trial and error process,its just that this side of the family intrigues me more probably because i have not the infomation i need on it i really appriciate all your help julie xxx

 

[juliejtp]

This is an interesting site The Kings Regiment (Liverpool)

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/008KingL.htm#history

Julie

 

[izabel]

Could only find one William Millward
40397 Trooper 2nd Imperial Light Horse

Hope hes yours

 

[libbygirlxxx]

thanks for that but i dont think it is him,all i know he was awarded many medals,he was gased in france and served in salonika until 1919.but i know for definate he was in the 8th kings liverpool regiment.i think he was a warrant officer or something like that thanks.
xx

 

[izabel]

The men from the uk who came out to fight the boer war may not have ended up in their original units. I have found scootish troops in with the south arfican mounted infantry. Members were also seconded to other regiments to make up numbers. The only way to check is to get a copy of the military record from kew

 

[libbygirlxxx]

hi there izabel when they are changing ranks and so forth does there rank number change or do they keep the same number from the day they started because i have his sons rank number is there any chance you could get any infomation from that if i give you his sons number xxx

 

[juliejtp]

I think I found his service records forgot that ancestry have now updated their pensions and the 1st one I looked at seems to be him and he married a Annie Wilson at Halifax Nova Scotia.

Quite excited.

It may be worthwhile for you to view these on Ancestry even though its pay per view and i will save to my pc.

Julie

Julie

 

[libbygirlxxx]

oh cheers for that julie does it give you any other infomation on there sorry for being such a pain but as its took me this long to find any infomation on him.has it got any years or dates or anything like that i would really be gratful of the info that you can get me has i said before not in position to pay at the moment xxx

 

[juliejtp]

while I am saving this did he die in 1943 as there is a death cert as well.

Julie